Israel Bus Company Launches Split Bus Lines

Israel's public bus company launched split bus lines Monday for travelers going between the West Bank and Israel. WSJ's Charles Levinson joins The News Hub.

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... the the ... Dole's tells Levinson joins us now from Televisa to explain why there was now a Palestinians only ... last one ... was my ... shelves thank you for being that ... this thing of lights ... so Dan to tell us about what's known as the boss is and that what that is truly a segregated bus line ... but ... it's not technically Saturday the meeting this is really transportation ministry officials are being clear that ... anybody can still ride any of us ... the story was is that basically ... the ... up till today ... the the the the main bus was transporting Palestinian daily inverse in the West Bank Televisa what was lining was primarily created to its service ... Jewish settlers in the West Bank ... it was inconvenient for Palestinians ... they ended up having to indicate that bus of war take this sort of time patchwork network of of try to be buses which cost a lot more and was two km ... of ... the settlers started to complain they wanna share of us that the Palestinians because they said it was a security concern ... they often would get on the bus later than the Palestinians returning from some of the men that would mean that in many seats ... on ... and and and so the transportation ministry trade a tube or bus lines ... which are actually ... helpful to the Palestinians in the sense that ... day ... you know ... it easier for them to take the bus these new bus lines the new system and it's cheaper aam but the fact that these decisions are being taken ... um ... in what appears to be a response to sort of settler demands to ... ride buses now Palestinians ... as Rouge ... trader ... something about ... you know ahead of me is a very controversial new here here to show that education Minister is a very conservative member of Prime Minister Netanyahu who party ... of the party as scenes of settlers gain a lot of influence ... on especially just in the past few months ... so ... good at it because the Opel bosses in general are such a sort of explosive story symbolic issue when it comes to a new race relations in segregation ... I think is really should've ... known captured the attention attention in Israel and waited for him perhaps other an even ... more serious issue sometimes though ... very quickly Charles Plosser reaction gainer ... among Palestinians about a happy about it because it's more convenient all is that some outrage because it is perceived as a reaction ... you know ... there's so much I think our age and sort of weariness of the whole conflict and sort of hopelessness the Palestinian side ... you know the the the the the then the number of Palestinians are given permits to work in Israel is so small also ... that the house the result was never sure of what a ... you know what you know whatever you know the ending of this this you know the Senate bill like if you like the settlers ... count this particular day it was that it was ... causing a huge ... you know the issue of housing and banking unit manager in the end of the month the dishes of the online Dish and the fact that im growing settlements in this and that these are some of them you'll be issued to them ... you know the sort of symbolic to ... you know Bob Klein is just one symptom of a much bigger issue that and and and at the end the day the practical effect on the ground and bus lines for the for the small fraction of thousands of our work permits or Adobe ... you know was actually a net ... gain ... in weight so you were seeing the the the the the silence on the day ... funnily enough was ... find ... them mostly in bed when it ... is really the twins who were driving the might of us is that the Palestinians were using to get some of these ... before so ... that education is a shot of these new lines now these guys are at war ... so they sort of family and sort of stage all the demonstrations rock throwing when the new bus lines trying to get started today ... bonds and shows just how complicated and convoluted and remarking on he's up ... in these issues are issues can be ... off to leave it that thank you Brian much as always it's Shell's Levenson all the Wall Street gentle hints of it we appreciate time so